Fire at Ardlethan Ardlethan
On Saturday morning a house belonging to a fettler named Armstrong was burnt to the ground. The occupants had barely time to escape, owing to the inflammable…
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Big Liner on Fire. Exciting Incident. London, Jan. 1
A fire broke out in the linen store of the Andonia, 13,000 tons, in mid-Atlantic during a gale blowing at 60 miles an hour. The danger was great, as only a single bulkhead…
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Bush fires and the numerous out breaks in the City and Suburbs should remind those uninsured to Insure at once with the Mercantile Mutual Insurance…
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Holiday-makers who have returned from the Port Stephens district state that bush fires have done considerable damage there. Thousands of acres of…
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At Bankstown Council last night. Alderman Colon[?] stated, in the efforts to extinguish the bush fires, it was only the work of private citizens…
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The horizon to the east was a line of fire on Saturday night. By Sunday the bush fires had spread in all directions, and Pennant Hills, Carlingford, Beccroft…
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Ever since Sunday morning the towns of the west have been encircled by smoke. During the great wind storm on Saturday there were several…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Country Race Up Mountain Fires Round Falls Bowral
Visitors to the Belmore Falls on New year's Day had an anxious and exciting time, owing to a bush fire. They included several motoring…
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Captain J. Porter has retired from the East Maitland Fire Brigade, of which he had been in charge for twelve years. He had been a volunteer officer for 20 years…
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A tram caught fire in Denham Street, Bondi, yesterday afternoon. Two firemen were injured fighting the blaze. The tram was proceeding from Bondi…
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A fire broke out on the road traffic portion of the railway bridge, which spans the Hunter River at Singleton. 12 planks of the traffic poition and seven sleepers on the railway…
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On Sunday morning, at Cessnock, the residence of Charles Orr, in Mount Vincent Street, was destroyed by fire. The building was of weatherboard, and…
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A bush fire is raging in the rugged country near Yethoime. It started on Mr. W.L. Garrard's property and has now travelled two miles towards…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Fiend Boiled Bananas In Cobar District DUBBO, Wednesday. Byron Bay's Loss Byron Bay
[?] properties in the Cobar dis[?] are again in the grip of the [?] Outbreaks occurred on Saturday Owing to bananas arriving at Sydney from here in a [?]led condition, many growers are suffering a loss of [?] or 6/- a case…
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MILTON.—Bushfires are reported all along the coast. An outbreak occurred at Buckenboura Estate, owned by the Dixon Trust, Sydney, on Saturday, when 2000 acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →St. Mary's Towers, Douglas Park. Disastrous Bush Fire
The bush fires at the week-end wrought havoc at St. Mary's Towers, Douglas Park, the Apostolic School of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The magnificent stone…
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For some days a big bush fire has been raging in the Jamieson Valley, the sight at night trom Sunset Rock being one huge brilliant spectacle. Up till this morning a…
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Said to have been due to the overheating of an electric iron, a fire broke out in a workroom on the first floor of Marie Joyce's lingerie shop,…
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It was alleged in the Bankruptcy Court to-day that a trader of Dubbo evaded pending bankruptcy proceedings by departing for China on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ball of Fire Lahore, January 3
Letters are still appearing in the press regarding an amazing phenomenon in northern India last Thursday evening. About six o'clock in an absolutely clear…
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